Home / News / Malta Book Festival opens today: Terramaxka Prize 2017 Back to News Malta Book Festival opens today: Terramaxka Prize 2017 National Book Prize • News 7th November, 2017 The Malta Book Festival had its official opening today at 7:30 pm with the prize-giving ceremony for the Terramaxka Prize 2017, led by Joe Dimech. The ceremony took place at Sir Temi Zammit Hall, Mediterranean Conference Centre, Valletta, presided by the executive chairman of the National Book Council, Mark Camilleri. Camilleri delivered his opening speech, in which he addressed the issue of the local decline in bookshops, which has had the unfortunate result of forcing some bookshops to transform into virtual stationeries. In his speech, the NBC chairman pointed out a more desirable alternative – the transformation of bookshops into cultural centres, where people come to browse books, read, and meet authors at book launches and other occassions, besides buying books. For this reason, the Book Festival is fulfilling an important role in setting an example for the bookshops to emulate. The event followed with a reading from Mingu, the winning entry in the category of books for children aged 0 -7 of the Terramaxka Prize 2016. The winners were then announced in order of categories, starting from the youngest age gap, 0-7, up to the eldest, 13 -16. The winners are listed hereunder: Category: original works (0-7) Clare Azzopardi with Il-Qtates ta’ max-Xatt (Merlin Publishers) Noel Tanti with Fil-kamra ta’ Jonas (Merlin Publishers) Category: original works (8-12) John A Bonello with Irvin Vella investigatur virtwali: Il-każ tas-serqiet strambi (Merlin Publishers) Category: original works (13-16) Antoinette Borg with Fittixni (Merlin Publishers) Category: translated works (0-7) Leanne Ellul with Inħobbok (Merlin Publishers) Category: translated works (8-12) Leanne Ellul and Clare Azzopardi with Teresa Category: prize for the best book production Merlin Publishers with Il-Qtates ta’ max-Xatt by Clare Azzopardi. SHARE POST Related Articles The 43rd PLR Payment Is Out Public Lending Rights 8th October, 2025 Read More Meet the Exhibitors at the Malta Book Festival! News 8th October, 2025 Read More Writing Anew with Fresh Tools in Our Arsenal! Delve into Workshops and Masterclasses at the Malta Book Festival ’25 Malta Book Festival 2nd October, 2025 Read More Winners of the 2025 National Book Prize Announced at Verdala Castle News 26th September, 2025 Read More Everyone will be Writing Anew: The Full Programme for The Malta Book Festival Is Now Out! News 23rd September, 2025 Read More The National Book Council Launches the Malta Book Festival Trailer! News 16th September, 2025 Read More Make a mark abroad! Literary agent Simon Trewin offers practical networking tips during a free Zoom session News 12th September, 2025 Read More Bringing children’s literature to dynamic life on stage at the Malta Book Festival Festivals 10th September, 2025 Read More The National Book Council welcomes new board members News 10th September, 2025 Read More POSITION OF MANAGER WITH THE NATIONAL BOOK COUNCIL: JOBSPLUS PERMIT NUMBER 881/2025 News 9th September, 2025 Read More view all similar news
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